NDLI: Scientific group leaders’ authorship preferences: an empirical investigation

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Author	Liu, Xuan Zhen Fang, Hui
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	Leaders are important for scientific groups. Authors of a research paper whose names are listed in the byline first, last, or as the corresponding author are often considered particularly important to that paper. The authorship preferences of scientific group leaders are examined for seven research fields and 11 geographic locations. There are some similarities and differences among research fields and geographic locations in listing group leaders. In the fields of “Mathematics” and “Physics, Particles & Fields”, although the custom is for papers to list authors alphabetically, scientific group leaders from Egypt and Shanghai typically list their names first or last in the byline, the same as group leaders in other research fields. Opposite to the group leaders from other locations, leaders from Egypt often appear as the first authors. Scientific group leaders who are listed first in the byline typically also serve as the corresponding authors. For group leaders who are listed last in the byline, the proportion also serving as corresponding authors changes significantly. Accordingly, the proportion of papers in which group leaders are corresponding authors varies considerably among different research fields and geographic locations. The meaning of authorship for research group leaders is discussed in the end from the perspective of their roles in paper production.
Starting Page	909
Ending Page	925
Page Count	17
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01389130
Journal	Scientometrics
Volume Number	98
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15882861
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2013-07-17
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Group leader Corresponding author Author position Author contribution Information Storage and Retrieval Library Science Interdisciplinary Studies
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Library and Information Sciences Computer Science Applications

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